Philippine Parity Rights plebiscite, 1947
Encyclopedia
A plebiscite on the amendment to the Constitution pursuant to resolution of Congress dated September 18, 1946, granting United States
Citizens right to the disposition and utilization of Philippine
natural resources or the Parity Rights. This occurred on March 11, 1947.
. However a number of Filipinos also disapproved of the agreement basically because it breached the Constitution which states that the resources of the Philippines are for the Filipinos alone.
The agreement was later revoked.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Citizens right to the disposition and utilization of Philippine
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
natural resources or the Parity Rights. This occurred on March 11, 1947.
Results
A number of Filipinos supported the agreement due to them being under the influence of colonial mentalityColonial mentality
Colonial mentality is an area of study and a conceptual theory in Cultural anthropology that refers to institutionalized or systemic feelings of inferiority within some societies or people who have been subjected to colonialism, relative to the values of the foreign powers which had previously...
. However a number of Filipinos also disapproved of the agreement basically because it breached the Constitution which states that the resources of the Philippines are for the Filipinos alone.
The agreement was later revoked.
See also
- Commission on ElectionsCommission on Elections (Philippines)The Commission on Elections, or COMELEC, is one of the three constitutional commissions of the Philippines. Its principal role is to enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of elections, initiatives, referendums, and recalls....
- Politics of the PhilippinesPolitics of the PhilippinesThe Politics of the Philippines takes place in an organized framework of a presidential, representative, and democratic republic whereby the president is both the head of state and the head of government within a pluriform multi-party system...
- Philippine elections
- Trade agreement